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I owed a debt I could not pay, He paid a debt He did not owe"

One of the biggest problems in America today is debt. We know that the government doesn’t know how to manage money, and for that reason our country has a national debt of $30 trillion with an annual revenue of only $4.5 trillion. The average American household looks like this as of Sept. 17, 2021; […

In 1990 - the U.S. National Debt was roughly $3.5 Trillion... The current U.S. National Debt (33 years later) is - $34.2 Trillion The interest on that debt is - $744 Billion Debt - in it’s various forms... Can cripple a nation Can cripple a business Can cripple a family Can cripple an individual Debt…

We are reminded that God graciously forgives our debts. We are encouraged to show compassion to others kneeling at Jesus' feet.

Student loan cancellation. Auto loan cancellation. Mortgage cancellation. Ray Jones “Sin cancellation program” The more I thought about this, the more I realized “That will preach” 14 He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out…

Walking with God O let me walk with Thee, my God, As Enoch walked in days of old; Place Thou my trembling hand in Thine, And sweet communion with me hold; E’ven though the path I may not see, Yet, Jesus, let me walk with Thee Walking with God is to investigate the Truth, believe it, and live by it Then…

What is the purpose of forgiveness? Psychologists at the UC Berkley The Greater Good Science Center generally define forgiveness as a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you, regardless of whether they actually deserve…

If we divided up Romans 1-11 is what God has done for us (through Jesus) 12-16 is what God is doing in us (by the Spirit) Paul is describing actions/attitudes that distinguish/mark the lives of believers....(tracks/bread crumbs). We are genuine (we are not pious, elite) We are generous (we serve w/ gifts,…

Forgiveness continually and repeatedly flows from the truely forgiven

Love as defined by God.

The story of Hashim Garrett is told in the series Jesus the Game Changer by Olive Tree Media . Hashim was 15 and a member of one of the gangs of Brooklyn. He was shot in the back with a machine gun by another gang member and left a paraplegic. Recovering in hospital after the shooting, he was depressed…

Love is Exclusive: Enter the Narrow Gate Jesus offers the “Golden Rule” as the summary of the Law and the Prophets. The essence of this rule is love, which cannot be perfectly fulfilled without God radically changing our hearts. Truly loving others begins with loving God, and love is, by nature, exclusive. It is no wonder then that Jesus speaks of a narrow way which leads to life, while all other ways lead to destruction. We must rest in God’s grace by entering this narrow gate, which is Jesus Himself.

Forgiveness 21 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” forgive-to stop blaming or taking an offense into account. It means, at its best and easiest a very simple concept: to let go. 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not…

For those who are paying close attention, you will notice that we changed up translations this morning... This is mostly to keeps us from getting in a heated debate from the congregation and pulpit.... Nah, the reason we switched it up is so that I don’t have to spend a long time unpacking the word debt…

Unforgiven Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts…

Good morning! Pray over Gateway using Col. 1:9-14 as a guide. If we haven’t met before... New website! Finance update ME Life is hard. Amen. Let’s pray. I want to follow Jesus and love him, but every day I sin in innumerable ways. Sin blinds me. At times it blinds me to the gospel and I forget that I’m…

Consider the following scenario: I think there are still some banks with a physical presence here in the Nambucca valley. Just imagine that recently there have been a spate of bank robberies. Bank Robbery slide The police have made some arrests and two men have come up for trial at the Coffs Harbour…

INTRODUCTION We are continuing our study today about relationships in the church. The subject today is, “dealing with sin in the church”. Paul made this comment in his letter to the Corinthians, “a little leaven levens the whole lump” ( 1 Cor. 5:6 ). Sin is like a cancer that begins as one tiny spot…

Jesus shows us that there is a pattern by which we are to live within the kingdom, because it is the same pattern by which God brought us into the kingdom.

For Freedom: Living in God’s Forgiveness Please open your Bibles to Deuteronomy chapter 15. The past few weeks we’ve been looking at more specific laws for Israel - Food laws, Tithing … and we’ve seen how they are actions which a person can do to bring worship and honor to the Lord. And I think there’s…

Introduction: We live in a culture of cancellation. However, this culture is not the kind of cancellation that is godly. People are oftentimes canceled in our culture for having a Biblical view of things such as abortion, Biblical views on sexuality, or their rejection of universalism. This cancel culture…

Intro; This morning as we looked at the intent of the Law, we realized that there was a difference between what was being taught by the religious leaders and what God really meant. Because God is Spirit, we must always first consider our hearts, the spiritual matter before we do the physical actions…

A little context for you. The book of Philemon is a short letter written by St. Paul in the early 60’s. Paul writes to a wealthy Christian man and church leader named Philemon living in Colassae who’s slave named Onesimus ran away and befriended Paul. The book of Philemon is perhaps one of the most clear…

9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.…